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Governor Folch And The Burr Conspiracy, Adam Szaszdi

Florida Historical Quarterly

The strange episode of American history, the Burr conspiracy, can be considered nowadays a well-known story, and the more so since the publication of Professor Abernethy’s work, The Burr Conspiracy (1954). However, even though pertinent Spanish documents have been taken into consideration, the usual tendency is to view the subject from the perspective of those operating within the United States. Therefore, it should be an interesting experiment to cross the Florida boundary and place ourselves in the shoes of the Spanish authorities of that time.

The Shaker Community In Florida, Russell H. Anderson

Florida Historical Quarterly

Many residents of Osceola County, Florida, recall a kindly though strange religious group, the Shakers, who once lived near present day St. Cloud-but the memory of these good people is fading. It should be recorded that beginning in 1894, Osceola County was the scene of one of the later efforts of an outstanding utopian movement in America-that of the Shaker religious group.

Zespedes And The Southern Conspiracies, Helen Hornbeck Tanner

Florida Historical Quarterly

The peace treaty by which the American colonists gained their independence in 1783 created a situation along their southern border almost designed, it seemed, to provoke hostility. By the treaty, the provinces of East and West Florida, which had belonged to Britain for the previous twenty years and had remained loyal to the Crown, were returned to Spain. Thus Europe’s oldest colonial power regained a foothold on the southeastern seaboard of North America, but now was threatened by an ambitious young republic - the first independent nation in the western hemisphere. Furthermore, a portion of the border remained in dispute …

Gavino Gutierrez And His Contributions To Tampa, Jess L. Keene

Florida Historical Quarterly

Seventy three years ago the inhabitants around Hillsborough Bay never dreamed of the vast possibilities hidden in the scrub and native forest about them. They never dreamed that a large city was to be built at their own doors and by their own hands.

Indian Presents: To Give Or Not To Give: Governor Whites's Quandary, Richard K. Murdoch

Florida Historical Quarterly

At the close of the Eighteenth Century the use of presents to obtain loyalty, friendship, neutrality or allegiance was an old story to the nations of Western Europe, dating back to the days of the Greeks and Romans. Later presents were employed for the same purpose in the feudal period and in the campaigns of the Crusaders in the Holy Land. In the early years of the modern era the Portugese used presents to obtain peaceful entry into African ports as prelude to the slave trade. And finally presents were employed in the Americas by all the colonizing powers as …

Letters From Florida In 1851, Olin Norwood

Florida Historical Quarterly

Clement Claiborne Clay, 1816-1886, was a son of Governor Clement Comer Clay of Alabama. He was a lawyer by profession, and in 1851 was a county judge. Two years later he was elected to the U. S. Senate, where he served until the outbreak of the Civil War. He declined to be the first Confederate Secretary of War, but was a Confederate senator from 1861 until 1863. In 1864 he undertook a highly secret mission to Canada on behalf of the Confederacy, the results of which are still not completely known. He was accused of participating in the conspiracy to …

Theatrical Entertainment In Early Florida, William G. Dodd

Florida Historical Quarterly

Theatrical entertainment in early Florida was greatly facilitated by water transportation. The Florida towns with which this story is concerned were all within easy distance, by sea or river, of cities which had well-established professional theatres. They therefore provided actors in those theatres with favorable opportunities to supplement their regular season by a preceding or subsequent engagement; or, sometimes, to fill up part of an otherwise vacant summer.

The Gibraltar Of The Gulf Of Mexico, Albert Manucy

Florida Historical Quarterly

A hundred years ago the United States was suffering frequent growing pains. The Louisiana and Florida cessions had uncorked the Mississippi, and the hardy pioneers of its valley were floating tons of produce down-river to New Orleans. From that growing port Yankee merchantman, flying Dutchman, and British brig edged out into the Gulf Stream and headed for the narrow mouth of the Gulf where they swept through the Straits past Tortugas with the Havannah to starboard, and the two scarce thirty leagues apart.

George J. F. Clarke, 1774-1836, Louise Biles Hill

Florida Historical Quarterly

Here is a man who was an English colonial by birth, a Spanish citizen by naturalization, and died an American citizen by virtue of the treaty through which the United States acquired the Floridas. All occurred in St. Augustine!-though some of his mature years were spent in Fernandina and in St. Marys, Georgia.

Moses Elias Levy, An Early Florida Pioneer And The Father Of Florida’S First Senator, Leon Hunter

Florida Historical Quarterly

Never before has there been an instance of the formation of a great nation like our own, in which so many different races and nationalities have taken part. The sturdy English, the thrifty Scotch, the buoyant Irish, the Spaniards, Germans, French, Italians, Dutch, Scandinavians and others are all represented in our country’s fabric, irrespective of their religious tenets or affiliations. And so it is not surprising to find that Jews were also among these pioneers. Though but few in number, they appear in every one of the original thirteen colonies throughout the colonial and revolutionary periods, and also later on …

Documents Relating To El Destino And Chemonie Plantations, Middle Florida, 1828-1868. Part Iii, Kathryn T. Abbey

Florida Historical Quarterly

One of the most interesting as well as the most elusive aspects of El Destino life was the mill plant. A few years after George Noble Jones came into possession of his Florida holdings, he undertook to establish his own mills. The facilities for the project were near at hand, for the plantation was heavily wooded and water-power was available from Burnt Mill Creek and the St. Marks River, both of which flowed through his property. By 1850 the enterprise had been started ; it consisted of a dam, of somewhat imposing size for its day and locality, and a …

Public Education In Spanish St. Augustine, Joseph B. Lockey

Florida Historical Quarterly

A school for white children existed in St. Augustine as early as 1606. Whether it continued to function during the rest of this first period of Spanish dominion is a question that cannot now be answered. But if it did survive, it must have come to a close on the cession of the province to the British in 1763; for the change of sovereignty was followed by a general abandonment of the territory by the Spanish inhabitants. When the Spanish came back twenty years later the British in turn departed. With the restoration of sovereignty went the restoration of the …

Racial Strains In Florida, Rhea M. Smith

Florida Historical Quarterly

This paper was prepared for and read before the annual meeting of the Florida Historical Society, held at Rollins College, February 29 last.

Pensacola: Its Early History, S. J. Gonzalez

Florida Historical Quarterly

Turning the hands of time backward along the dial of Floridian history, we find chronicled in the year 1559- or according to some writers 1553- the birth of an infant city on the shores of Ochees, a beautiful deep water bay, which offered safe anchorage to a fleet sailing northward under the command of one Tristam DeLuna, one of those adventurous Spaniards who, following the ignis fatuus of all Spanish explorers of the gulf - the fabulous golden stores of a country to the northward - had entered the harbor in search of a landing place.

Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 94, Number 1, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Religion and Women's Rights in Florida: An Examination of the Equal Rights Amendment Legislative Debates, 1972-1982 by Laura E. Brock
The Rise of Jim Crow in Fort Myers, 1885-1930 by Jonathan Harrison
'Gators Making Merry in Cuba: The University of Florida Football Team in Havana, December 1912 by Michael T. Wood
Throwing the Explorer out with the Fountain: American History Textbooks and Juan Ponce de Leon by Roger Chapman
Book Reviews
End Notes

Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 75, Number 3, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

“THE PRIVATIONS & HARDSHIPS OF A NEW COUNTRY”: SOUTHERN WOMEN AND SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY ON THE FLORIDA FRONTIER Anya Jabour
CITY PLANNING IN WEST PALM BEACH DURING THE 1920s John F. Eades
THE FROGMEN IN FLORIDA: U.S. NAVY COMBAT DEMOLITION TRAINING IN FORT PIERCE, 1943-1946 Robert A. Taylor
“BRASSHATS” AND “BABY FINGERS”: THE BATTLE OVER RURAL EDUCATION Stephen D. Andrews
FLORIDA HISTORY RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
BOOK REVIEWS
BOOK NOTES
HISTORY NEWS

Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 71, Number 1, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

FREE SPEECH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA: THE ENOCH MARVIN BANKS CASE Fred Arthur Bailey
WHITE ROBES AND CROSSES: FATHER JOHN CONOLEY, THE Ku KLUX KLAN, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA Stephen R. Prescott
UNPRETENDING SERVICE: THE JAMES L. DAVIS, THE TAHOMA, AND THE EAST GULF BLOCKADING SQUADRON David J. Coles
NOTES AND DOCUMENTS EAST FLORIDA PAPERS, 1784-1821 Sherry Johnson
FLORIDA HISTORY IN PERIODICALS
BOOK REVIEWS
BOOK NOTES
HISTORY NEWS

Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 69, Number 3, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

ACROSS THE BORDER: COMMODITY FLOW AND MERCHANTS IN SPANISH ST. AUGUSTINE James Cusick
UNFORGOTTEN THREAT: FLORIDA SEMINOLES IN THE CIVIL WAR Robert A. Taylor
WEST FLORIDA'S CREEK INDIAN CRISIS OF 1837 Brian R. Rucker
REVIEW ESSAY: ALFRED I. DU PONT: HIS IMPACT ON FLORIDA Jerrell H. Shofner
FLORIDA HISTORY RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
BOOK REVIEWS
BOOK NOTES
HISTORY NEWS

Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 69, Number 2, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

MEN WITHOUT GOD OR KING: RURAL SETTLERS OF EAST FLORIDA, 1784-1790 Susan R. Parker
“TELL THEM I DIED LIKE A CONFEDERATE SOLDIER": FINEGAN’S FLORIDA BRIGADE AT COLD HARBOR Zack C. Waters
APALACHICOLA AWEIGH: SHIPPING AND SEAMEN AT FLORIDA'S PREMIER COTTON PORT Lynn Willoughby
WILLIAM POPE DUVAL: AN EXTRAORDINARY FOLKLORIST Frank L. Snyder
BOOK REVIEWS
BOOK NOTES
HISTORY NEWS
ANNUAL MEETING

Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 66, Number 4, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

THE 1944 FLORIDA DEMOCRATIC SENATE PRIMARY James C. Clark
JOHN ELLIS, KING'S AGENT, AND WEST FLORIDA Julius Groner and Robert R. Rea
FLORIDA SLAVE NARRATIVES Gary R. Mormino
DEMOGRAPHY AND THE POLITICAL DESTINY OF FLORIDA DURING THE SECOND SPANISH PERIOD Abel Poitrineau
NOTES AND DOCUMENTS: FLORIDA MANUSCRIPT ACQUISITIONS AND ACCESSIONS
BOOK REVIEWS
BOOK NOTES
HISTORY NEWS
DIRECTORS ' MEETING
INDEX TO VOLUME LXVI

Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 63, Number 2, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

FRANCIS’S METALLIC LIFEBOATS AND THE THIRD SEMINOLE WAR George E. Buker
MILITARY DUTY IN ANTEBELLUM FLORIDA: THE EXPERIENCES OF JOHN HENRY WINDER Arch Fredric Blakey
PLANTATION DEVELOPMENT IN BRITISH EAST FLORIDA: A CASE STUDY OF THE EARL OF EGMONT Daniel L. Schafer
NOTES AND DOCUMENTS: Cracker— SPANISH FLORIDA STYLE James A. Lewis
BOOK REVIEWS
BOOK NOTES
HISTORY NEWS
ANNUAL MEETING

Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 60, Number 1, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

LOYALIST REFUGEES AND THE BRITISH EVACUATION OF EAST FLORIDA, 1783-1785 Carole Watterson Troxler
ARTURO O’NEILL: FIRST GOVERNOR OF WEST FLORIDA DURING THE SECOND SPANISH PERIOD Eric Beerman
A LOST LANDMARK REVISITED: THE PANTON HOUSE OF PENSACOLA Thomas D. Watson and Samuel Wilson, Jr.
WAR CLOUDS ON THE MISSISSIPPI: SPAIN’S 1785 CRISIS IN WEST FLORIDA Gilbert C. Din
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IN SPANISH WEST FLORIDA, 1781-1821 Jack D. L. Holmes
BERNARD LINTOT: A CONNECTICUT YANKEE ON THE MISSISSIPPI, 1775-1805 Robin Fabel
BOOK REVIEWS
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Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol 56, Number 2, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

"A LOVE-MAD MAN": SENATOR CHARLES W. JONES OF FLORIDA Judy Nicholas Etemadi
A VIEW OF SPANISH WEST FLORIDA: SELECTED LETTERS OF GOVERNOR JUAN VICENTE FOLCH David H. White
NOTES AND DOCUMENTS:

• "THE HEAVENLY PLANATION”: A SEVENTEENTHCENTURY MENTION OF FLORIDA Nancy Lee-Riffe
• CIVIL WAR LETTERS OF MAJOR GENERAL JAMES PATTON ANDERSON Margaret Anderson Uhler
• BERNARDO DE GALVEZ’S COMBAT DIARY FOR THE BATTLE OF PENSACOLA, 1781 Maury Baker and Margaret Bissler Haas

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SEVENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 49, Number 3, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

THIRTY CENT COTTON AT LLOYD, FLORIDA Clifton Paisley
WAR AVERTERS: SEWARD, MALLORY, AND FORT PICKENS Ernest F. Dibble
HISTORY OF THE BLOCKHOUSE ON THE WITHLACOOCHEE Tom Knotts
NOTES AND DOCUMENTS:

• INTERVENTION AND REACTION: FLORIDA NEWSPAPERS AND UNITED STATES ENTRY IN WORLD WAR I C. Peter Ripley
• JUSTICE SAMUEL DOUGLAS AS GOVERNOR MARVIN REMEMBERED HIM Bertram H. Groene
• TAMIAMI TRAIL BLAZERS Russell Kay
• FLORIDA HISTORY RESEARCH IN PROGRESS

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Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 47, Number 4, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

“GRAVEYARD FOR BRITONS ,” WEST FLORIDA, 1763-1781 Robert R. Rea
FLORIDA BLACK CODES Joe M. Richardson
MILITARY RECONSTRUCTION AND THE GROWTH OF THE ANTI-NEGRO SENTIMENT IN FLORIDA, 1867 Ralph L. Peek
NOTES AND DOCUMENTS:

• BEMROSE'S MEDICAL CASE NOTES FROM THE SECOND SEMINOLE WAR E. A. Hammond
• THE SOUTHERN LIMIT OF TIMUCUA TERRITORY Ripley P. Bullen

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DIRECTORS’ MEETING, DECEMBER 7, 1968
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Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 47, Number 3, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

UNITED STATES, FRANCE, AND WEST FLORIDA, 1803-1807 Clifford L. Egan
LIEUTENANT LEVIN M. POWELL, U.S.N., PIONEER OF RIVERINE WARFARE George E. Buker
APALACHICOLA: THE BEGINNING Harry P. Owens
THE FLORIDA RAILROAD AFTER THE CIVIL WAR Dudley S. Johnson
BOOK REVIEWS AND NOTES
HISTORICAL NEWS
CONTRIBUTORS

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 47, Number 1, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

CELI 'S EXPEDITION TO TAMPA BAY: A HISTORICAL ANALYSIS Charles W. Arnade
A VIEW OF CELI'S JOURNAL OF SURVEYS AND CHART OF 1757 John D. Ware
FIGHTING MEN VIEW THE WESTERN WAR, 1862-1864 George C. Bittle
CONTRACT LABOR IN FLORIDA DURING RECONSTRUCTION Edward K. Eckert
FORT PIERCE AMERICAN GOLD FIND Carl J. Clausen
POSTSCRIPT TO JOHN BEMROSE'S Reminiscences John K. Mahon
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HISTORICAL NEWS
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Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 40, Issue 3, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Table of Contents

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 38, Issue 1, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Table of Contents

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 36, Issue 2, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

BLOCKADE RUNNERS Alice Strickland
THE CIVIL WAR LETTERS OF AUGUST HENRY MATHERS Franklin A. Doty
CIVIL WAR OPERATIONS IN AND AROUND PENSACOLA Edwin C. Bearrs
BOOK REVIEWS

• Carter, The Territorial Papers of Florida, 1821-1824 Dorothy Dodd
• Maclachlan and Floyd, The Changing South C. W. Tebeau
• Peithmann, The Unconquered Seminole Indians James W. Covington

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